Molecular dynamics study of the thermopower of Ag, Au, and Pt nanocontacts
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F. Pauly,1,* J. K. Viljas,2,3 M. Bürkle,1 M. Dreher,4 P. Nielaba,4 and J. C. Cuevas5 1Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik and DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany 2Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University, P.O. Box 15100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland 3Department of Physics, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Finland 4Fachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany 5Departamento de Fı́sica Teórica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain (Received 7 July 2011; revised manuscript received 13 October 2011; published 4 November 2011)
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